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Selbstbildnis 
{Tate  Gallery^  London) 
F.  Hollyer,  Photo. 


MASTERPIECES 

OF 

G.  F.  WATTS 

(1817-1904) 


Sixty  rep7  oductions  oj  photographs  by  Fredk.  Hollyer  froj/i 
origmal  oil paititings  :  special  permission  for  their  pubiica 
tioii  in  this  book  has  been  kindly  accorded  by  Mrs.  Watts 


NEW  YORK 
FREDERICK  A.  STOKES  COMPANY 

Publishers 


''iV  the  first  edition  of  the  little  book  there 


pally  to  the  fact  that  Air.  Watts  often  painted 
more  tha7i  one  versio7i  of  the  same  subject. 
A  dr diving  was  also  reproduced  by  mistake. 
In  this  second  edition  every  effort  has  been 
made  to  eliminate  mistakes  and  the  particii- 
lars  nozv  given  as  to  the  present  wliereabonts 
of  the  paijitings  can  be  relied  tipon  as  correct 
and  up  to  date. 

This  is  the  first  volume  of  a  coinpanion 
series  to  the  well-k)i07V}i  '*  Gowans's  Art 
Books, which  are  co) fined  to  artists  born 
before  iSoo.  The  attention  of  all  lovers  of 
art  is  directed  to  the  latter  series,  and  their 
S2(pport  of  an  enterprise,  which  has  done  so 
much  to  make  the  best  art  better  kncwji  in 
all  parts  of  the  ivorld,  is  earnestly  requested. 


were  a  nuniber  of  errors,  ozving princi- 


6 


Lord  Tennyson 
{^National  Portrait  Gallery^  London) 
F.  Hollyer,  Photo. 


7 


Robert  Browning 
{National  Portrait  Gallery^  London) 
F.  Hollyer,  Photo. 


8 


Thomas  Carlyle 
{Victoria  and  Albert  Muset^in,  South  Kensington) 
F.  Hollyer,  Photo. 


George  Meredith 
{.National  Portrait  Gallery,  London) 
F.  Hollyer,  Photo, 


William  Morris 
{National  Portrait  Gallery^  London) 
F.  Ilollyer,  Photo, 


XI 


John  Lothrop  Motley 
(Art  Gallery^  Manchester) 
F,  Hollyer,  Photo. 


CONDOTTIERE 

{IVatts  Gallery,  Compton,  Guildford^ 
F.  Hollyer,  Photo. 


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The  Standard-Bearer  Le  Porte-Etendard 

Dee  Standartentrager 
{IVatts  Gallery,  Compton,  Guildford) 
F.  Hollyer,  Photo. 


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The  wounded  Heron  Le  H^:ron  bless6 

Der  verwundete  Reiher 
{Watts  Gallery y  Compton,  Guudford^ 
F.  Hollyer,  Photo. 


i6 


{Mr.  Ja7nes  Sjnith,  Liverpool) 
F,  Hollyer,  Photo. 


Idle  Child  of  Fakcy  Vain  Enfant  de  la  Fantaisie 

EiTLES  Kind  der  Phantasie 
{IV atis  Gallery f  Compton,  GuiLr/ord) 
F,  Hoclyer,  Fhoto. 


Dawn       TA(ih>/VNHKU(  h        I. 'A  ko  e 
(^Recently  in  the  /  rssesj>/r//  o  Messrs.  Gooden 
&f  /I'jc,  i.nni  n) 
F.  Holiyer^  Photo, 


Aspiration  Das  Emforstreben  L'Asi-iration 

{Mr.  John  T.  Middlemore,  Brojnsgrove) 
F.  Hollyer,  Photo. 


Progress        Der  Fortschritt        Le  Progr^s 
(IVafts  Gallery,  Compton,  Guildford) 
F,  Hollyer,  Photo. 


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Industry  and  Greed  L'Industrie  et  l'Avarice 

Gewerbefleiss  und  Haboier 
{Waits  Gallery ^  Compton^  Guild/ord) 
Holly er,  Photo. 


Mammon 
{Tate  Gallery ,  London) 
F.  Hollyer,  Photo, 


The  Spirit  of  Chris-  L'Esprit  du  Chris- 

tianity TIANISME 
Der  Geist  des  Christentums 

(  Tate  Gallery,  London)   F.  Holly er,  Photo, 


Thb  All  Pervading       Qui  sb  r6pand  dans  Tout 
Der  Alldurchdringende 
{Tate  Gallery,  London)   F.  Hollyer,  Photo, 


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Life's  Illusions 


Les  Illusions  db  la  Vib 


Die  Illusionen  des  Lebens 
{^Tate  Gallery,  London) 
F.  Hollyer,  Photo, 


Love  and  Life  L'Amour  et  la  Vie 

LlEBB  UND  LeBEN 

iXO'tc  Gallery  ^  London)    F,  Hoi  Iyer,  Photo, 


Love  and  Death  L'Amour  et  la  Mort 

LiEBE  UND  Tod 
{Tate  Gallery,  London)    F.  Holly er,  Photo 


Love  triumphant  L'Amour  triomphant 

Triumphierende  Liebe 
{Tate  Gallery,  London)    F.  Holly er,  Photo. 


The  Shuddering  Angel      L'Ange  qui  frissonne 

Der  schauuernde  Engel 
( IVai^s  Gallery,  Compton,  Guildford)  F,  Hollyer,  Photo. 


The  Messenger  Le  Messager 

Der  Abgesandte 
{Tate  Gallery,  London)    F.  Hollycr,  Thcto. 


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Death  crowning  La  Mort  couronnant 

Innocence  l'Innocknce 
Der  Tod  kront  die  Unschuld 

{Tate  Gallery^  London)    F.  Holiyer,  Photo. 


The  Court  of  Death  La  Cour  de  la  Mort 

Der  Hof  des  Todes 

(  Tate  Gallery^  London)     F.  Hollyer,  Photo. 


5  1^ 


Time,  Death  AxNd  Judge-  Le  Temps,  la  Mokt  et  le 

ment  jugement 
Zeit,  Tod  und  Gericht 
{St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  Lcndoii)    F.  Hollyey,  Photo, 


Faith  Der  Glaube  La 

(  Tate  Gallery^  London) 
F.  Hollyer,  Photo, 


30 


Horn 


Die  IIoffnung 
{Tate  Gallery^  London) 
F.  HoUyer,  Photo. 


L'ESP^RANCE 


40 


CilARITY 


Die  Barmherzigkeit 
(Afr.  John  Reui,  Glasgow) 
F,  Hollyer^  Photo, 


La  Charitjj; 


E  SHALL  BE  CALLED       "  CeLUI-CI  s'aPPELLERA  d'uN 

Woman"  nom  qui  marque  l'Homme" 

"Man  wiru  sie  Mannin  heisshn" 
{  Tate  Gallery ^  London)    F.  Hollyer^  P/ioto, 


ICVE  TEMPTED  li^^E  TEKTEE 

Eva  in  Versuchung 
(IVa^^s  Gallery,  Compton,  Guildford)    F,  Hollyer,  Phc 


We  repentant         Eve  repentakte 

Die  bussende  Eva 
{Tate  Gallery ^  London)    F.  Hollycr,  Pho'o 


44 


The  Meeting  of  Jacob  and  Rencontre  de  Jacob  et 

Esau  d'Esau 

Be(Jegnung  Jakous  MIT  Esau 
(^ll^alts  Gallery,  Coinpton,  GttiU/ord) 
F.  Hollyer,  Photo. 


Jonah 


J  ON  A 

{Tate  Gallery^  Londofi) 
F.  Hnl/yer,  Phnfo. 


Jonas 


The  good  Samaritan  Le  bon  Samaritain 

Der  barmherzige  Samariter 
{J raffs  Gallery,  Compton,  Cuildfor'd)  F.  Hollyer,  PJioto. 


"  Fur  hk  had  great     "Car  il  avait  de 
Possessions"  grands  1>iens" 

"Denn  kr  iiatte  vtel  G  liter  " 
(7a^e  Galley,  London)     F.  IloUyer,  PJioio. 


48 


The  Rider  on  the  White         Le  Cavalier  sur  le  Cheval 
Horse  blanc 

DeR  ReITER  AUF  DEM  WElSSEN  PfERDE 

{Hon.  Alfred  Talbot,  Gt,  Berkhavipstead') 
F.  Ilollyer,  Phrto. 


49 


Sir  Galahad 
{Sir  Alex.  Henderson,  Ba^  t.^  London) 
Iloli^er^  FhotOx 


Ophelia  Ophelia  Ophllie 

{IJ'aiis  Gallery,  Coinpton,  Gui/J/ord) 
HoUyer,  Photo, 


52 


Little  Red  Riding-Hood  Le  petit  Ciiai-ekon  kouge 

rotkaitchen 
(Ar^  Gallery,  Birniing-havi) 
f.  Holl^er^  Photo^ 


TIypekion 
{H'atis  Gallery^  Compton^  Cuihi/o) d) 
F.  IloUyer,  Photo, 


Prometheus  Prometheus  Pkom^;thee 

{IVatts  Gallery,  Coviptou,  Guildford^ 
F,  Hollyer,  Photo, 


Lon 
oto. 

IS 

o 

i 
>< 

s  c 

Q 

Psyche 
{Tate  CixUery^  London) 
F,  llolljcr.  Photo, 


Daphne 

{Sir  IF,  H.  Lever,  Bart.,  Thornton  Hough) 
F.  HoUycr,  Photo, 


Ganymedk  Ganyimed  Ganvimede 

(71/r.  Henry  F.  I\Iakins,  London) 
F.  HoUyer,  Photo. 


D 

Q 
< 

a 

2 
O 


The  Minotaur  Der  Minotaur  Le  Minotaure 

i^Tate  Gallery,  LonJcn) 
f.  Hollycr,  Photo, 


63 


Pygmalion's  Wife  La  Fe.mme  de  Pygmalion 

Py(;]\ialions  Frau 
{Sir  A /ex.  Flendcrson,  Ba)  t.,  London) 
F,  Holl^cr,  Photo, 


64 


A-  Bacchanal 


EiN  Bacchanal         Une  Bacchanal^ 


{Watts  Gallery,  Contpton,  Guilford') 


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SPECIAL  SERIES 

OF 

REPRODUCTIONS  IN  COLOURS 
OF  PICTURES 

BY  THE  LATE 

G.  F.  WATTS,  R.A.,  O.M.,  etc. 

Printed  and  Published  at  the  Watts  Picture  Gallery, 
Compton,  Guildford,  under  the 

SUPERVISION  OF  Mrs.  G.  F.  WATTS 

All  orders  and  communications  should  be  addressed  to  the 
Curator^  Watts  Picture  Gallery ^  Compton^  Guildford 


PRINTS  IN  COLOURS  NOW  READY 
Price,         3   o  each 
Printed  upon  Japanese  Paper 

"HOPE" 

Engraved  surface  20^"  by  16". 

(After  the  picture  in  the  Tate  Gallery.) 

"LOVE  TRIUMPHANT" 

Engraved  surface  23"  by  13". 

{After  the  picture  in  the  Tate  Gallery.) 

"ENDYMION" 

Engraved  surface  20"  by  17". 

(After  the  picture  in  the  Watts  Gallery  at  Compton. ) 

"LOVE  AND  DEATH" 

Engraved  surface  23"  by  13''. 

(After  the  picture  in  the  Tate  Gallery.) 


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PRINTS  IN  COLOURS^CoHtinued 

••FOR  HE  HAD  GREAT  POSSESSIONS" 
Engraved  surface  20"  by  11''. 

(After  the  picture  in  the  Tate  Gallery.) 

**SIR  GALAHAD" 

Engraved  surface  24"  by  13". 

(After  the  picture  at  Eton  College. ) 

•*LOVE  AND  LIFE" 

Engraved  surface  23"  by  13". 

(After  the  picture  in  the  Tate  Gallery.) 

**EVE  TEMPTED" 

Engraved  surface  24^"  by  io|". 

(After  the  picture  in  the  Tate  Gallery.) 

••EVE  REPENTANT" 

Engraved  surface  24^"  by  loj". 

**SHE  SHALL  BE  CALLED  WOMAN" 
Engraved  surface  24J"  by  io|". 

••AFLOAT" 

Engraved  surface  19"  by  i  sJ", 

s^^^  (After  the  picture  in  the  Collection  01 

James  Smith,  Esq.) 

•'GOOD  LUCK  TO  YOUR  FISHING" 
Engraved  surface  19"  by  15^". 

(After  the  picture  in  the  Collection  of 
Lord  Glenconner. ) 

••DEATH  CROWNING  INNOCENCE" 
Engraved  surface  24 J"  by  15^". 

(After  the  picture  in  the  Tate  Gallery.) 

••LORD  TENNYSON" 

Engraved  surface  about  14"  by  10". 

(After  the  picture  in  the  Collection  of 
Price,  jifa   a   o  Lady  Henry  Somerset ) 


«7 

J^RmrS  IN  COLOURS^Contimud 

"HEAD  OF  CHRIST" 

(From  a  drawing  in  the  Gallery  at  Compton.) 
Price,  £t  11  6 


SMALL  PRINTS 
Price,  10/6  each, 

HOPE" 

Primed  surface  7*^  by  5^". 

"HE  HAD  GREAT  POSSESSIONS 
Printed  surface  8"  high. 

•*SIR  GALAHAD" 

Printed  surface  8"  high. 

OthiTi  will  probably  follow. 


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The  following  photographs  of  Mr,  Watts' s  pictures 
are  published  and  sold  by 

FREDERICK  HOLLYER, 
9  Pembroke  Square, 

Kensington,  London,  W. 

Printed  in  Sepia  Platinotype. 
Average  size,  12"  by  10".    Price  Unmounted,  £0   7  6 
20"  by  16".       ,,  £q  15  o 

M    33"  by  19''.  £'220 


Dated  ^th  February,  1896. 

jEi'tract  Uo\w  Hsreement 

BETWEEN 

GEORGE  FREDERICK  WATTS.  Esq..  R.A.,  O.M. 

AND 

FREDERICK  HOLLYER. 


Clause  4. — "The  said  Frederick  HoUyer  shall  before  publishing 
any  new  photograph  of  the  said  pictures  and  portraits  during  the 
lifetime  of  the  said  George  Frederick  Watts  submit  a  proof  of  such 
photograph  to  the  said  George  Frederick  Watts,  who  shall  have 
absolute  power  to  forbid  the  publication  of  such  photograph  if  in  his 
opinion  the  same  is  inartistic  or  is  for  any  other  reason  an  unsatis- 
factory reproduction." 


Prometheus.  Mid -day  Rest. 

Esau.  Condottierre. 
The  Good  Samaritan.  Aspirations. 
Idle  Child  of  Fancy.  Ophelia. 

The    People  who   sat  in      The  Happy  Warrior. 
Darkness.  Europa. 


TO 

G.  F.  IVATTS'S  PICTURBS-^Continuid 


Ariadne  in  Naxos. 
Hope. 

Good  Luck  to  your  Fishing, 

Arcadia. 

Fata  Morgana. 

Eve.    "  She  shall  be  called 

Woman. " 
Eve.  Tempted. 
Eve.  Repentant. 
The  Messenger, 
Death  of  Abel. 
Court  of  Death. 
Time,  Death,  and  Judgment. 
Childhood  of  Zeus. 
"When  Poverty  comes  in 

at  the  Door.' 
Britomart. 
Progress. 

Orpheus  and  Eurydice. 

Ariadne. 

B.C. 

Mammon. 
The  Minotaur. 
Daphne. 
Psyche. 

Love  and  Death. 

Love  and  Life. 

'*The  Rain  it  Raineth  every 

Day." 
Endymion. 
Ganymede. 
A  Prodigal. 

The  Dweller  in  the  Innermost. 
Dedicated  to  all  the  Churches. 


Hyperion, 
Lady  Godiva. 

The  Schoolmaster's  Daughter 

Charity. 

A  Bacchante. 

The  Prodigal  Son. 

Standard  Bearer. 

Little  Red  Riding-Hood. 

Chaos. 

After  the  Deluge. 

Death  crowning  Innocence. 

The  Rider  on  the  White  Horse. 

Study — Aspiration. 

Study — Hyperion. 

Uldra. 

Bay  of  Naples. 

St.  Agnese,  Mentone. 

*•  For  he  had  great  posses- 

sions." 
Sir  Galahad. 

"Sic  transit  gloria  mundi." 
Ida  on  Mount  Olympus. 
The  Dove  that  returned  in 

the  Evening. 
Iris. 

Paolo  and  Francesca* 
Love  Triumphant. 
Sympathy. 
Faith. 

Peace  and  Goodwill. 
In  the  Land  of  Weissnichtwo. 
The  Rider  on  the  Red  Horse, 
The  Habit  doesn't  make  the 
Monk. 


7« 

G,  F.  WATTS' S  PlCTURES-^Continued 


Pygmalion's  Wife 
Samson. 

Una  and  the  Red  Cross 

Knight. 
Jonah. 

Neptune's  Horses  (printed 

in  blue  carbon). 
Dawn. 

The  Dove  that  returned  not 
again. 

The  Sorrowing  Angel  — a 

Dedication. 
Industry  and  Greed. 
Trifles  light  as  Air. 
Slumber  of  the  Ages. 
The  All-Pervading. 
Love  steering  the  Barque  of 

Humanity. 
Life's  Illusions. 


Prayer. 

Energy  (statue). 
Whence— Whither? 
A  Story  from  Boccaccia 
Time  and  Oblivion. 
Lilian. 

"I'm  afloat." 

Diana  and  Endyroion  (1904). 
Rider  on  the  Black  Horse. 
Rider  on  the  Pale  Horse. 
Italy. 
Hebe. 

Wife  of  Plutus. 

Bianca. 

Destiny. 

The  Wounded  Heron. 
The  Recording  Angel  (fac- 
simile in  red  chalk). 


A  selection  of  prints  on  approval  will  be  sent,  if  desired, 
on  payment  of  one  shilling  to  cover  cost  of  packing  and 
postage. 


79 


PORTRAITS.    Printed  in  Platinotype. 


Average  size,         by  10". 

20"  by  16". 


Price,  £0  10  6 


Argyll,  Duke  of. 
Arnold,  Matthew. 
Barnett,  Rev.  S.  A. 
Bowman,  Sir  William,  Bart. 
Brodie,  Sir  Benjamin,  Bart., 

F.R.S. 
Browning,  Robert. 
Burne-Jones,  Sir  Edward, 

Bart. 

Calderon,  Philip,  R.A. 
Carlyle,  Thomas. 
Crane,  Walter. 
Davey,  Lord. 
Bonders,  Professor. 
Dufferin,  Lord. 
Garvagh,  Lady. 
Gladstone.  Right  Hon.  W.E. 

M.P. 
Grant,  Sir  Peter. 
Guizot,  M. 
Gurney,  Russell. 
ribHand,  Lady. 
Joachim,  Herr. 
Lawrence,  late  Lord. 
Lecky,  W.  E. ,  late. 
Leighton,   Sir  Frederick, 

Bart.,  P. R.A. 
Levin,  Princess. 
Lilford,  Lady. 
Lytton,  the  late  Earl  of. 

Illustrated  Catalogue 
Edward  Burne-Jones,  D. 
R.A. ;  also  selections  from 
National  Galleries,  and  a 
eminent  men.    Post  Free 


Manning,  Cardinal. 
Martineau,  Dr. 
Meredith,  George. 
Mill,  John  Stuart. 
Milman,  Dean. 
Morris,  William. 
Motley,  J.  L. 
Mount-Temple,  Lady. 
Napier,  General  Sir  W. 
Norton,  Hon.  Mrs. 
Panizzi,  Sir  Anthony. 
Prinsep,  V.  C,  R.A. 
Rossetti,  Dante  Gabriel. 
Russell,  Lord  John. 
Salisbury,  late  Lord. 
Senior,  Mrs.  Nassau. 
Shaftesbury,  late  Earl  of. 
Sherbrooke,  Lord. 
Stanley,  A.   P.,   Dean  of 

Westminster. 
Stephen,  Sir  Leslie. 
Stratford  de  Redcliffe,  Earl. 
Swinburne,  Algernon  C. 
Taylor,  Sir  Henry. 
Tennyson,  late  Lord. 
Thiers,  M. 

Waterford,   Louisa,  late 

Marchioness  of. 
Watts,  G.  F.,  R.A.,  O.M. 
Wright,  Thomas. 

,  including  the  Works  of  Sir 
G.  Rossetti  and  Harry  Bates, 
the  Uffizi,  Hague,  Dublin  and 
large  number  of  portraits  of 
One  Shilling. 


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